On 9/28/08, Terri Gennaccaro wrote: > On 9/18/08, Beth wrote: >> I am looking for 1 or 2 hens, I have 2 males or will trade >> a male for a hen. I am looking to keep this hard to find >> finch breeding and going again. They are not imported any >> more or rarely, so if you can help, please email me and >> lets see what we can do.> > I have 5 pair of strawberries and am also interested in > increase their numbers. I only have one hen born 3-19-08 > but want to keep her. I hope to have more and wonder where > you're located. I'm in Brighton, MI and I have one person > here that is also breeding but looking for more:-)> Terri

Hi Terri,I am in St Louis MO. The only strawberries I know of around here are novice owners who don't realize what they have except pretty little birds that they won't give up. I thought I had two green strawberry hens and two male reds, but when I put them all in my new aviary 8'wx7'dx8'tall the two sets split appart and are now acting like prs. I hope that they will mate. I know that greens and reds can't breed successfully, at least thats what I read, but they sure are acting like they want to nest since Monday. I can only hope. I will keep you posted. Please feel free to email me if you would like. It's always nice to keep in touch with other breeders of a feather so to speak.Beth